Name: Proteus appendicitidis He et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ap.pen.di.ci’ti.dis. N.L. gen. fem. n. appendicitidis, of appendicitis

Pronunciation (Latin): … ap-pen-di-KI-ti-dis

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2022380; HZ0627; KCTC 92986

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16S rRNA gene: OQ627395 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: He J, Zhang Z, Qu H, Chen G, Zhou J, Zhou W, Peng Y, Cai X. Proteus appendicitidis sp. nov., isolated from the appendiceal pus of an appendicitis patient in Yongzhou, China. Arch Microbiol 2024; 206:171. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 226. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6910.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-12-16.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Proteus Hauser 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: He J, Zhang Z, Qu H, Chen G, Zhou J, Zhou W, Peng Y, Cai X. Proteus appendicitidis sp. nov., isolated from the appendiceal pus of an appendicitis patient in Yongzhou, China. Arch Microbiol 2024; 206:171. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 69414